LEAGUE'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
Sunday, November 9th; Monday, November 10th, and Tuesday, November 11th, 1958

The League's 45th Annual Conference will be held in Springfield on Sunday,.November 9th, Monday, November 10th, and Tuesday, November llth. A pre-Conference session of the Resolutions' Committee will open the conference on Saturday, November 8th.

This is the annual statewide meeting of Illinois cities, villages, and incorporated towns to determine Illinois Municipal Policy. Outstanding authorities and panel experts will present the latest information to aid local officials in the administration of municipal governmental affairs.

Housing

All reservations for hotel and motel rooms will be made through the Convention Bureau of the Springfield Association of Commerce and Industry. Reservation cards have been mailed to the clerk of your municipality. These cards are for all officials of your municipality. In making reservations you should indicate a first, second, and third choice. Do not attempt to make reservations directly with any hotel; use the Convention Bureau and save time and correspondence.

The reconstruction and refurnishing of the Empire Hotel, (now the Governor Hotel), and the new Howard Johnson Motel (completion expected by November) have made available many more first class rooms for the delegates.

A new feature of this year's conference will be free shuttle bus service between Springfield's hotels for visiting officials. Your badge will be your ticket.

Conference Resolutions

A new policy, inaugurated in 1957, concerning the introduction of Resolutions, will be in effect this year. In past years, the streamlined Conference Program did not permit enough time for the screening and consideration of resolutions concerning legislation and policy.

The Executive Committee of the League, last year adopted rules which provide all delegates, with resolutions to present to the Conference, must submit copies to the Illinois Municipal League Office, 537 South Fourth Street, Springfield, Illinois, twenty-one (21) days before the opening date of the Conference, so that copies can be mimeographed and sent to Resolutions' Committee members prior to the first meeting of that Committee. This means resolutions must be submitted on or before October 10th, 1958.

The Resolutions' Committee will meet in pre-Conference session on Saturday afternoon, November 8th, at two o'clock p.m., in the Hotel Leland, Springfield, for the consideration of the resolutions submitted. The delegate of any member municipality may appear at this time and receive a hearing, either on behalf of or in opposition to resolutions which have been properly submitted.

The Resolutions' Committee may, by majority vote, consider resolutions presented at its pre-Conference session, provided twenty-five (25) copies of the resolution are furnished.

Resolutions concerning policy or legislation, cannot be presented from the floor of the Conference without the approval of at least three-fourths of the voting delegates, and must be approved by three-fourths of the voting delegates.

The Resolutions' Committee may, by majority vote, initiate resolutions on its own behalf at the pre-Conference meeting.

Illinois Municipal Review 180 August, 1958